Using "The Japanese Problem" as a Corrective to the Ethnocentricity of Western Theory.

Tobin, Joseph

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ERIC Number: EJ623738

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Publication Date: 2000

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Using "The Japanese Problem" as a Corrective to the Ethnocentricity of Western Theory.

Tobin, Joseph

Child Development, v71 n5 p1155-58 Sep-Oct 2000

Focuses on how knowledge about Japanese psychological development and culture can serve as a corrective to the ethnocentrism of Western theory. Highlights the Japanese cultural concepts of "amae" and "kejime." (Author/KB)

Descriptors: Cross Cultural Studies, Cultural Context, Cultural Differences, Developmental Psychology, Ethnocentrism, Individual Development, Interpersonal Relationship, Social Sciences, Sociocultural Patterns, Theories

Publication Type: Journal Articles; Opinion Papers

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Language: English

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Identifiers - Location: Japan

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